Winter Guard 2007-08                                           The 2007-08 Varsity Winter Guard Amethyst Gold
The Johnstown Varsity Winter Guard (Amethyst Gold) is approaching the end of its 2008 competitive season. Comprised of 24 students ranging from grades 7-12, the group competes locally and nationally with a show titled “Wires and Lights In a Box.” The show is staged around six console televisions, with music by Peter Gabriel and dialogue from television and radio journalist Edward R. Murrow. 

This year, Johnstown High School Winter Guard director Daniel Jones and his staff elected to promote the group from the Scholastic A division to the Scholastic Open division. They have experienced much success at this higher level of competition so far this season, considering the newness of the staff and students to the class. 

In the Mid-York Color Guard Circuit (the governing body for winter guard in the greater part of New York State) Johnstown High School has been ranked second of the three schools competing at this level (Laurens Central, first and Cicero-North Syracuse, third.)

On February 9, the group competed in the WGI (Winter Guard International) Eastern Regional hosted at Salem High School in Salem, Massachusetts. Johnstown placed second to King Phillip Regional High School (MA) in the finals competition.

On February 23, Johnstown traveled to Trumbull, Connecticut to compete in its second WGI Regional, placing fourth in the finals competition behind South Brunswick High School (NJ), West Orange High School (NJ), and Laurens Central (NY.)  Norwalk High School (CT) placed fifth and Scotland High School (NC) placed sixth.

On Friday, March 14, the Johnstown High School varsity winter guard traveled to Monmouth Junction, New Jersey to compete in the WGI Mid-Atlantic Power Regional hosted by South Brunswick High School.  Johnstown placed sixth in finals competition, behind South Brunswick High School (NJ), West Orange High School (NJ), West Johnston High School (NC), Mechanicsburg High School (PA) and King Phillip Regional High School (MA).  Gates-Chili High School (NY) placed seventh, while Scotland High School (NC) placed eighth. Laurens Central (NY), Cicero-North Syracuse High School (NY) and Norwalk High School (CT) did not advance from the preliminary to the finals competition. As an outcome of this competition, Johnstown now ranks first in their home circuit. 

The group will next compete on March 29 at a competition to be held at the Cicero-North Syracuse Junior High School. Johnstown's other teams, Amethyst and Gold Dust, will also compete at that show. 

The Mid-York Color Guard Circuit championships will be held on April 4 and 5 at Shenendehowa High School, after which the varsity team will travel to Dayton, Ohio from April 9 through 12 to compete in the WGI World Championships.

Congratulations to the students of Johnstown and good luck as they finish out this season!

More information, including videos of the Johnstown Varsity team in performance, can be found at www.wgi.org. Local color guard scores and news can be found at www.mycgc.org and www.johnstownmusicweb.com.
 

Members of the 2007-08 Junior Varsity Winter Guard - Amethyst

Date page last updated: March 17, 2008

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